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Case Reports
. 1993 Sep-Oct;21(5):334-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF01712459.

Tuberculous pericarditis as the first manifestation of AIDS

J Pedro-Botet  1 , T Auguet, J Coll, S Pons, J Rubiés-Prat
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Tuberculous pericarditis as the first manifestation of AIDS

J Pedro-Botet et al. Infection. 1993 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Although it is known that extrapulmonary tuberculosis in patients with AIDS has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, pericardial involvement has rarely been described. We report a case of this condition as the first manifestation of AIDS with good response to antituberculous therapy. Although unusual, the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis in symptomatic HIV-infected patients should be aggressively pursued because of the beneficial clinical response to treatment.

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